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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

1680 - 1767

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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville has received more than 235,153 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville is the 422nd most popular explorer (down from 383rd in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Canada (down from 377th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Explorer.

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  • 46.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 422 out of 498. Before him are Richard Maack, Alexander Burnes, Valerian Albanov, Lachlan Macquarie, Boyd Alexander, and Hugh Clapperton. After him are John Colter, Charles John Andersson, Alfred Maudslay, George Nares, Sverre Hassel, and Luke Foxe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 19. Before him are John Machin, Ephraim Chambers, Emanuele d'Astorga, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Angelo Maria Querini, and Philippe Néricault Destouches. After him is John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1767, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 19. Before him are Firmin Abauzit, Giacomo Ceruti, Charles Townshend, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, and Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 419 out of 1,622. Before him are Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975), David Hall (1875), Michel Chossudovsky (1946), Daniel Lanois (1951), Jason Gray-Stanford (1970), and Bruno Pelletier (1962). After him are Patricia Jones (1930), Justine Musk (1972), Matt Craven (1956), Tricia Helfer (1974), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), and Kevin Durand (1974).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ranks 6. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Louis Jolliet (1645), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and Edward Belcher (1799).

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